Delhi, Puducherry and Meghalaya consistently focusing on health expenditure; The Health expenditure of these states increased from FY 2001-2008 to FY 2009-2017 significantly. The analysis conducted by Phd Bureau of PHD Chamber of commerce and Industry.

The health expenditure of Delhi as percentage of aggregate expenditure increased significantly to 9.6 % (average during 2009-2017) from 7.1 % (average during 2001-2008) with the improvement of 2.5 percentage points, said the analysis.

The expenditure on health in Puducherry as percentage of aggregate expenditure increased significantly to 7.8% (average during 2009-2017) from 7.0 % (average during 2001-2008) with improvement of 0.8 percentage points, the study says.

The expenditure on health in Meghalaya as percentage of aggregate expenditure increased significantly to 6.2% (average during 2009-2017) from 5.6 % (average during 2001-2008) with improvement of 0.6 percentage points.

However, the state of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana are not spending much on Health Expenditure and it is less than 4%. Haryana has increased its health expenditure to 3.5% (average during 2009-2017) from 2.9% (average during 2001-2008) with the improvement of 0.6 percentage points but less than 4% and Bihar has declined its health expenditure to 3.7% (average during 2009-17) from 4.4% (average during 2001-2008) with the decrease in 0.7 percentage points whereas Madhya Pradesh remains stagnant without any change in Health Expenditure.

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